May the names listed here be remembered and preserved for
   the dedication these people showed toward their fellow men.

                       
I am basically pulling names from wherever I can find from my father's,
grandfather's or great Uncle's old papers (so you'll see the Huish name
mentioned a lot) or other sources. Hopefully one of you out there will 
learn more about your ancestors contributions to their community 
instead of just having a name in a family tree file somewhere.


                           American Legion
A little history:
The reason for it's organization- "to preserve the memories, incidents
and comradeship of that experience.... Second, to care for the needs of
ex-servicemen, to look after and provide for the injured "buddy", and 
the widow and children of the deceased comrade. Third that the lessons 
of loyalty, obedience, patriotism and service learned in the hard 
school of war might be effectually taught to the youth of our land."

"The Legion Boys of Lake County have been in the front in the Legion
organization and service. Four Lake County men, Col. Thomas Hamilton
and Capt. T.J. Riley of Gary Memorial Post 17, and John Scott and 
Charles Titus of Glen Park Post 214, attended the Paris Caucus in 
1919 when the Legion was first visioned."
The first Legion post was organized in Crown Point in April 1919, 
before the state got it's charter from the National Headquarters. They
named the post Fred Schmidt in honor of the first Lake County boy to
lose his life in the War.

               First District Commanders 1932-1935
C. Patrick Malony, Gary Memorial Post             1932
George Huish, East Chicago Post 266               1933
Ralph L. Bechtel, East Gary Post 100              1934
Harry L. Clark, Lowell Post 101                   1935

"George Huish, past commander of East Chicago Post 266, served as
Northern Vice-Commander for the year 1934, and at the Gary convention
was elected Grand Chef de Gare, State of Indiana, of the Society of
40 and 8."
"George Fate and Thomas Seramur of the Fred Schmidt Post made the trip
overseas in 1927, and attended the Paris convention of the National
organization as well as a small number of others from Lake County..."

                       American Legion 

           Commanders who have served as District 
            Commanders in Lake County since 1920

1920............Floyd Murray    1940.......George A. Hockbaum
1921............Floyd Murray    1941.........Charles S. Perel
1922..........Cope J. Hanley    1942...............C.E. Riehl
1923......Thos. C. McConnell    1943.........Harold E. Morris
1924......Thos. C. McConnell    1944........Byron E. Waggoner
1925..........Edgar W. Mills    1945............Mor N. Oppman
1926........Harvey C. Varner    1946............Raymond Pyatt
1927............John Wheeler    1947.............George Mills
1928.............E.F. Burton    1948.........Edw. Ohlschlager
1929.........Dr. A.C. Arnett    1949.........Alton W. Cochran
1930.........Donald Spurrier    1950.............John G. Gray
1931..........A.T. Schnaible    1951........Chester Mysliwiec
1932.........Patrick Maloney    1952.............Harry Bowman
1933............George Huish    1953.........George Puchowski
1934...........Ralph Becktel    1954.............Donald Hynes
1935..........Harry C. Clark    1955.................Leo Mroz
1936......Harold E. Holloway    1956........Richard S. Kaplan
1937..........Willis Gullett    1957............Matt C. Sidor
1938.............David Grand    1958..............John Narvid
1939........John B. Moldovan    1959.......Theodore Puchowski
                                1960............Charles Esola


                            Masonic Lodge

                  Past Masters Indiana Harbor Lodge

1912...Willard B. VanHorne Sr.  1934.............Willie Moore
1913............Harry Gardner   1935.........William M. Percy
1914........Charles E. Fowler   1936..........George W. Wills
1915.........William H. Evans   1937..........Robert A. Grove
1916........David W. Saunders   1938..........Eugene H. Huish
1917.........Herbert J. Treen   1939............Karl E. Hilty
1918........Laurel C. Weirich   1940........Robert O. Weirich
1920........Harry L. Charlson   1941...Willard B. VanHorne Jr.
1921...........Howard W. Yant   1942.............Claude Acton
1922.............Aldine Hilty   1943........A. Melvin Johnson
1923.........William W. Morea   1944..........Joseph C. Anton
1924............Menno Kaufman   1945.............Theodore Fox
1925......Richard Breidenbach   1946........Frank J. Bolinger
1926........Edward A. Alstrom   1947...........LeRoy A. Bevan
1927..............Leo Burwell   1948...........George L. Hart
1928.............Peter Kuyper   1949.....James C. Anderson Jr.
1929..........Roy F. Forsberg   1950...........Keith E. Amick
1930...........Elbridge White   1951..........Jesse W. McAtee
1931......Russell E. McMurray   1952.........Alex W. Williams
1932...........Armin A. Nagle   1953.......Stephen G. Jurecky
1933......William G. Aubruner





Sources: Lake County Historical Association, old notes, newspaper
clippings, old pamphlets.